| Show utah alfalfa growers lose use markets due to uncertified seed production editors editor note the fol follow ln article is tillo IV nov ROW hec als utah alfalfa a fa I 1 a wed reed oars ow rs nr ar now no deli v ring gieir seed eed to pro bessing plants 0 anber o N t ins to marily is lie the bik bu sili for alfalfa st t rd ed utah alfalfa alf lt add t 1 I gro t I 1 is h produce mostly mice lince idled bet I 1 arc are losing their market of the tho growing IM fl I 1 throughout the nil 11 it ion 11 1 1 fir arli arti fud fied MI sed ic ac to a sur urn I 1 just mad b 1 rutih it ill amul curil amego dr na V I 1 ira Irn lii pia asir of conon is ind orid loader nf of S e e I marki tinn r rt ircle Jl alot ot sa said I 1 1 the siad 1 I tr ide nid and lind grint grant L 9 in tit oilier other ileitis ili tali itis s jn ire dome doing a real rt til job jot of ue noting certified siad cd in ill beav siad arras areas cast east of A th atu nj en it ill ho lie said questionnaires arturi ed seed hol salers iri n the inid tim I 1 west and east indicate ul diate thit that birti ct arti fled fied slid produced in Calif california orria and other states il Is usurping market dr israelsen Israels cn said that in tit the late utah was producing approximately 30 per cent of the U S alfalfa seed crop now utah accounts for only about 6 per cent of the national production hard to sell in his questionnaire dr israelsen noted that many utah farmers had difficulty in selling their alfalfa seed in 1955 he lie asked the wholesalers to give their opinions of factors which caused the depressed alfalfa seed market J B gappard Pap pard president of peppard seeds inc kansas city mo wrote the the facts of the present alfalfa seed situation are that the fine old established utah alfalfa seed demand is being taken away from the utah farmers by the extensive developments of certified varieties such as ranger buffalo vernal and narragansett ansett the extensive promotional work together with the generally accepted thought that certified alfalfa is the most desirable to be planted Is fast eliminating the use of utah common alfalfa seed another midwest seed wholesaler who did not wish to be quoted by name wrote utah alfalfa is classed in the consuming areas as a common alfalfa it is true that some is sold on a representation of its being grim alfalfa but the fact is that the cons consuming public is more und more ever aar to ill alu established varieties va riette 0 of certified erti fied ind in sili alfilda alfil fa it is hiis going ii iS t to he be difficult from froin in III rr re on oil out to find a for utah colorado Co lorido km kan i no N 1 h tind and dakota alfalfa tunics those these producers of sid rod enri to ti I 1 tit ho minted aalt d varieties arie ties in K rt ifil d we seed d competitive prices I 1 fa t stalcup alil up field M il d do d ln dimi 1 I inn bun bill in assac ailion that indiana djini In carnit r rs s it ho h 1 d I t to t tin I 1 I 1 I 1 in 1 r t d arii a r I 1 t t to MK u h 1 is I s r a ind 1 I 1 I IN afa to bt lanuis ln ILI uis tit atu N VITI rt within or 3 00 JA pir r ia pounds of all corn moil alfalfa our alfil it fa I 1 fa fi salis for sp mg ing 1956 were ere about 60 pi r ont ranger and buffalo one quarta of a million pounds more than the spring of 55 much aluch of this replaced the corn com mon nion varieties sommer brothers seed co pekin ill wrote that 1 in I n the past we have used considerable utah alfalfa however due to the production of the cerbi fed van vari ties in california we find it very hard to move utah grown seed d glenn R straub foster ken dall co carmel ind replied with the universities in the ih middle west recommending these new varieties such as ranger and buffalo which are multiple d under man controlled conditions in california I 1 am afraid such producing areas of the older varieties like your own good state of utah are going to find it a little difficult to compete with this mass production on the went west coast cr israelsen Israels cn said that a postcard survey conducted last spring indicates that even in utah 00 90 per cent of the alfalfa seed purchased through commercial channels is certified however only about 13 per cent of the alfalfa seed produced il in utah is certified in the important millard county producing area less than 10 per cent is certified utah agricultural leaders point out that a number of problems are involved in shifting to eer tilled seed production on a large scale land must be out of common alfalfa seed production tor for one or two years moreover producers of a given area need to shift to certified seed production cr er otherwise an individual farmer is faced with the necessity of cutting part of his seed acreage to hay in order to pro vide the necessary isolation for certified seed production A bulletin dealing with the general aspects of marketing utah alfalfa seed now is being prepared by |
